Menu Plan Monday – February 22, 2010

Head over to Organized Junkie for Menu Plan Monday. The Gluten Free Menu Swap is being hosted this week by Asparagus Thin. She has chosen radish as the theme ingredient.

My freezer is pretty bare right now, so this week I’ll be working on getting my freezer stocked with some food (and working on my Once a Month Mom Cook Off), so most of my meals are doubled up – one for the meal and one (or more) for the freezer. It’s how I do most of my freezer cooking. I don’t usually double up a meal everyday of the week, however, as I am this week. I am just getting a jump start on my freezer filling this week.

Usually, I double up meals for freeze only two or three days a week. Days that are not very busy, or I know I can pack the slow cooker with an extra meal, or if there is a big sale on an item. It only takes me a few extra minutes while everything is out for dinner to assemble an extra meal with the same ingredients. Then, for the other days of the week, I often use freezer meals from past weeks, or the slow cooker to get dinner on the table with a minimum of fuss. Everyone thinks I must spend all day in the kitchen, but the truth is I really only fully cook dinner a few days a week. My homemade freezer meals and slow cooker take care of the other days. It saves my sanity and schedule, let me tell ya!